Women Lifers: What the United States Sentencing Commission Data Tell Us about Women Eligible for and Sentenced to Life Without Parole

Spohn, Cassia; George, Suzanne St.

doi:10.1080/15564886.2022.2055688

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“…Additionally, the modest sample size has contributed to the lack of female respondents in the current study – there were so few that they precluded inclusion in the current analyses. While women admittedly consist of a small proportion of those sentenced to life imprisonment (Nellis, 2012), research on sentencing disparities and extralegal factors has indicated in the past that gender and race work together to influence sentencing outcomes (see Spohn & St George, 2022 as an example). The results did not support any race effects, but the process of decision-making may be racialized as a consequence of disparities at the time of sentencing or if those differences are perpetuated by parole board interpretations of dangerousness (see Young & Pearlman, 2021 as an example).…”

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Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect?

Kokkalera,

Smith,

Wronski

2023

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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In the 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court directed states to provide a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release” to juvenile lifers—one that acknowledges their lesser culpability and rehabilitative potential. In the state examined, the parole board revised its decision-making guidelines in 2014 by incorporating the Miller ruling. Logistic regression and survival analyses were employed to examine parole outcomes. Hearings that took place in the post- Miller period and the candidate’s rehabilitative status were associated with a higher likelihood of release. A candidate’s rehabilitative efforts were also associated with the amount of time taken to decide grant or denial of release, as were factors related to the candidate’s sentencing offense such as time served and opposition at the parole hearing. Overall, the guidelines representing the Miller ruling seem to have influenced the outcome as well as the speed at which decisions are reached by the parole board.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect?

Kokkalera,

Smith,

Wronski

2023

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A Simulation and Illustration of the Importance of Treating Incomplete Data in Estimating Race Effects in Sentencing

Stockton,

Strange,

Harel

2023

J Quant Criminol

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The “Faceless, Undifferentiated Mass” Thesis and the Victim-Offender Relationship

Burrow,

Boehme,

Leasure

2024

Crime & Delinquency

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This study uses Justice Stewart’s “faceless, undifferentiated mass” thesis to examine differences between defendants sentenced to death and life without parole. We argue that important differences between defendants may be revealed through the victim-offender relationship and other case-level attributes. The study uses 1,310 first degree murder defendants from Florida that were sentenced to either death or life without parole. Logistic regression was used to examine the victim-offender relationship and case-level attributes including race and gender. There are important differences between these defendants with respect to gender, age, and the victim-offender relationship. The “faceless, undifferentiated mass thesis” offers a new avenue for examining the victim-offender relationship. The implications for research will be discussed.

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Women Lifers: What the United States Sentencing Commission Data Tell Us about Women Eligible for and Sentenced to Life Without Parole

Cited by 3 publications

References 36 publications

Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect?

Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect?

Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A Simulation and Illustration of the Importance of Treating Incomplete Data in Estimating Race Effects in Sentencing

The “Faceless, Undifferentiated Mass” Thesis and the Victim-Offender Relationship

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